Listeners (Japanese: リスナーズ, Hepburn: Risunāzu) is an original Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA, created by Jin, and directed by Hiroaki Andō.[1] The series aired from April 3 to June 19, 2020, on the Animeism programming block of MBS, TBS, and other networks.[1]In a post-apocalyptic world where music has vanished and humanity is threatened by mysterious creatures known as the Earless, young Echo Rec witnesses the legendary Player Jimi Stonefree disappear in battle. Ten years later, Echo, now a scrap collector who has built his own mecha, meets μ (Mu), an amnesiac girl with a mysterious input jack on her back. As Players who can harness the power of music to pilot Equipment and fight the Earless, they embark on a journey to uncover her past and restore hope to the world.[2][3]
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Plot overview
In a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by the sudden appearance of shadowy creatures known as the Earless ten years prior, music has mysteriously vanished from human existence, leaving society in silence and peril.